U.S. Charges Borden Again

Published: October 13, 1993

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—
Borden Inc., the consumer-products company, was charged with conspiring to rig bids on school milk contracts in western Louisiana from 1985 through the middle of 1989, the Justice Department said today. It added that Borden had previously agreed to pay $15.8 million in fines and damages for involvement in other dairy bid-rigging cases.

The department has been investigating the milk industry in 21 states. At least 54 corporations and 50 individuals have been convicted, and fines totaling $47.5 million have been imposed in the long-running investigation.

Department officials said Borden was cooperating with the continuing Louisiana inquiry and that it had been charged in Federal District Court in Lafayette, La., with a one-count violation of antitrust laws.